Austin Police Ass'n v. City of Austin

MARILYN ABOUSSIE, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the efforts of three incumbent, two-term city council members to secure a place on the ballot for the next Austin city council election. The Austin city charter limits council members to two consecutive terms. A two-term, incumbent council member may nevertheless “become a candidate for an additional term or terms and serve if elected” if that council member collects the requisite number of signatures on a petition to be filed at the same time as the council member’s application for candidacy. Austin, Tex., Code, City Charter, art. II, § 3…